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Martial Arts for Women in Niagara

Niagara Kung Fu for Kids

Since 2005 the Niagara Kung Fu Academy has been serving the Niagara Region, specializing in teaching premium martial arts classes that focus on character development for children. In an exciting fast paced class children get the best of fitness, self defence, and cardio in a friendly atmosphere that promotes team work and leadership. All classes have take-home components that gauge improvement in behaviour at home and at school. These activities ensure students are making improvement in all areas of life including socially and academically. The systems used at Niagara Kung Fu have shown over the past decade to increase confidence, discipline, and mental focus in children. Children who also participate in other sports or activities such as soccer, hockey, baseball, basketball, swimming, skating, gymnastics, dance, tennis, golf, lacrosse, football, and even cheer-leading usually find that their performance in all of these is usually enhanced after their confidence, self discipline, and focus has improved as a result of Niagara Kung Fu's character development and leadership programs.

Niagara Kung Fu for Women

Niagara Kung Fu Academy is home to one of the best adult martial arts programs in the region because of its student selection and screening process. Since it opened in the summer of 2005 Niagara Kung Fu's goal has been to offer advanced martial arts in a friendly, non-egotistical environment. By holding to this standard instructors have been able to teach realistic, practical, and very effective self defence without fear of any abuse of the system because all students are pre-qualified upon entry. This pre-selection ensures that students can train in a judgement-free supportive environment designed to empower participants rather than intimidate them.
The fitness component of Niagara Kung Fu's has been developed over the past 20 years to be "high-result, low-impact" meaning that proper body position, posture, and alignment are always considered first in any activity, whether it be isomentrics, plyomentrics, or form (cardio) training. The results in weight loss happen without taxing the joints as is usually seen in many kickboxing-type fitness programs. As opposed to many other martial arts, when done properly, Kung Fu promotes natural healing in the body, strengthening of the joints, suppleness of the muscles, and relaxation. Many martial arts tend to wear the body down and as such they cannot (or should not) be practiced easily over the age of 40 or 50. Kung Fu on the other hand has been practiced by many people well into their 70s and 80s without any kind of detrimental effect, and in many cases it's the opposite, Kung Fu training has been shown to slow signs of aging.

Niagara Kung Fu for Men

Niagara Kung Fu has always used lessons in martial arts, self defense, fitness, health, combative arts, weapons, and wushu as a means of self-cultivation. Although many members may start Kung Fu classes out of an interest in self defense and learning and ancient combative art form, after some time they start to realize the greatest benefit that comes from adult martial arts training is improvement in intangible areas of life. While improvement in physical fitness is one of the first things that is noticeable, the valuable traits that follow after consistent training are: stress relief, improved confidence, self discipline, better time management, understanding of the importance of goal setting, camaraderie, improved breathing, team work, leadership, and patience.
Niagara Kung Fu has a well-known history of accepting students who have had previous training in other martial arts such as wing chun, karate, taekwondo, jiu jitsu, muay thai, kickboxing, souther shaolin, hung gar, northern shaolin, goju ryu, wado kai, aikido, hapkido, kendo, iaido, and jeet kune do. There previous training is always respected, and typically they do quite well learning Kung Fu because NKFA's system of seven star praying mantis kung fu seems to have the right balance of being challenging yet adaptable.